Manhattan Bridge is wildly under appreciated here. Best bridge in the city for cyclists (and runners). Easiest way to get to Manhattan from Brooklyn, feeds right into bike lanes in Brooklyn AND Manhattan. Has fences that make it feel safe. Great views. Nice breeze. What I’m saying is: You’re Wrong About The Manhattan…

Do you remember Bjørn Dæhlie? I remember Bjørn Dæhlie.

If you live in San Francisco, run on the course route as much as you can. Knowing the route will make it go by faster, especially the last 15k. As for calming down? Nerves are a good thing! Just harness that nervous energy. Oh, and the first 10k of your marathon should feel painfully, impossibly slow. Remember this:…

This is spot on. YOU HAVE BAD DAYS, it doesn’t mean you’ll have a bad marathon. Some days it’s just ... hard. And you make it through and you’re better for it.

People have been making that it sat dormant argument for years. And while there’s some truth to it, the problem is that the Ilitch family was sitting on tons of vacant, undeveloped land waiting for the arena deal. It was not a well-kept secret. You can read more about it here, here, and here.

Danny, would love to talk. Drop me a note at w3bradley at gmail dot com. Thanks!

I mention that in the post: “which would have been so comically bad it probably would have only marginally reduced my hospital bill anyway.”

And even then, her crazy religious college denounced her nomination!

Damn, I was close though!

One guess—and I could be wrong!—you’re a teacher at King?

This is about my grandpa, who was way cooler than I’ll ever be. He was at his local Metro Detroit Vic Tanny’s in the mid 90s when a certain Kirk Gibson, a regular at the gym, sat down next to him in the locker room. People were making small talk—I will say from the outset here that no one should talk to anyone at the…

“On science issues.” DO TELL, MARCHMAN.

This is really excellent advice. I love to snack. And I work from home, so I can eat whenever I want. I just make sure to stock the cupboards with shit that isn't terribly unhealthy: Brazil nuts, bananas, yogurt, cashews, wasabi peas, etc.

That is an old and tired joke. That property is really lucrative, especially with the reinvestment downtown. Speculators have been holding onto it for years. And the Ilitches have been collecting properties over there like Monopoly for a while now.

It was, if I remember correctly, a Friday night. We had planned to have a party that night at our house in Kalamazoo. So we invited all our pals over to tap one of the kegs early and watch the Pistons game. (This is when the Stones were good, so it wasn't unusual to tune in on a Friday night.) By the time the fight…

You bring up a good point here that I glossed over: Cyclists riding on the sidewalk. Stay on the road!

Absolutely. Runners gotta run against traffic.

I went to college in Kalamazoo. Bell's is great. Oberon is not. It's arguably their worst beer.

Fine him the current value of the Clippers.

You must chill, Jehovah. Fittish is great. There are more runners than sad bastards like you. And the Beer Mile is a terrific American tradition.

Can we talk about he ran a 63-second bell lap after four Budweisers?